Text: Leviticus 24:10-23
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 22:28
Subject: blasphemy prohibition and narrative precedent
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Exodus 22:28 prohibits cursing God (אֱלֹהִים לֹא תְקַלֵּל, elohim lo teqallel) and blaspheming a ruler of the people. Leviticus 24:10-23 provides the narrative precedent when a man of mixed parentage "blasphemed the Name and cursed" (וַיִּקֹּב... אֶת הַשֵּׁם וַיְקַלֵּל, vayyiqqov... et hashShem vayeqallel). The case required a special divine ruling because the blasphemer's mixed heritage (Israelite mother, Egyptian father) raised questions about jurisdiction. The resulting judgment—death by stoning—became the legal precedent for all future blasphemy cases and applied to both native-born and foreigner alike (Lev 24:16), extending the Exodus prohibition's scope.